CRM Update – Jun 18 : 12:34 pm

Who says golf is boring? If you made the mistake of tuning out of this year’s U.S. Open, for instance, you missed this extraordinary interview with champ Webb Simpson.
True, the interview itself, with NBC’s Bob Costas, is initially about as exciting as a sand trap, but things change when an odd man wearing a Union Jack hat arrives on the scene to do some impromptu bird calls. Simpson may not have been too amused initially (“Enjoy the jail cell, pal,” he says), but the Internet is, sending the video to the top of Reddit…

The Golden Rule of Pinterest
The golden rule applies to Pinterest etiquette. Do unto others as you’d have them do unto you. On an image driven content site, following this seemingly simple rule isn’t always as easy as it appears, especially for marketers who may not understand the platform’s implicit rules of conduct.
To help you mind your Pinterest manners, here are thirteen recommendations to guide your pinning activity. (Here’s what Pinterest says about etiquette.) 

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Jennifer took out a car loan from Regions bank way back in 2005, and paid it off in 2009. She never received the title, but that wasn’t an urgent matter until she was ready to get a new car, and sell or trade in her old one. Then she kind of needed the title. Thanks to the stunning incompetence of everyone at the branch where she originally took out the loan, this process somehow took six months.

I took a car loan out with Regions Bank in 2005, in 2009 the note was paid off…

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Are you looking for new ways to help your business stand out with social media?Are you wondering why Pinterest is so popular?The answer is pictures!Photos are the perfect social media marketing tool for small- and medium-sized businesses.Why Use Photos?Photos are eye-candy that attract and engage readers with your offering. As the Jack (or Jill) of all trades, small business owners tend to have limited budgets—and more importantly, time—to promote their business. Therefore, each marketing element must effectively drive results…

Choosing an investor to help fund your company is like choosing a spouse, only more complicated. Here’s how to know you’ve found The One.David Mahmood, the chairman of my investment banking firm, often compares choosing a financial investor to selecting a spouse. “Selling to a private-equity group is like getting married,” David likes to say. “When it’s good, it’s great; when it’s bad, it’s a pain in the ass.” Whether we’re talking love or money, which would you prefer? (Same here…

The now public company has shown that it’s not above buying what it can’t build. But is that right solution for its biggest problem?Facebook has yet to make any significant money from mobile. Some critics, including Ironfire Capital founder Eric Jackson, believe that the rise of mobility will kill Facebook–or soon make it as irrelevant as MySpace is today.To be fair to Facebook, it’s one of many Web companies facing the same fundamental problem with respect to mobile: How do you make money? Facebook is struggling to fill the enormous gap between mobile page views and revenue…